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The Book of Governors The Historia Monastica of Thomas Bishop of Marga, Bishop of Margâ A. D. 840. Vol. 2


Free Download E. A. Wallis Budge, "The Book of Governors: The Historia Monastica of Thomas Bishop of Marga, Bishop of Margâ A. D. 840. Vol. 2."
English | 2003 | pages: 742 | ISBN: 1593330103 | PDF | 42,2 mb
This narrative forms a history of the monasticism and asceticism of the Church of the East in the countries east of the Tigris. It is a valuable supplement to this history, as it is a period of existence in which little is known.

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Historia Profiles of the Historical Impulse


Free Download Frederic Will, "Historia: Profiles of the Historical Impulse "
English | ISBN: 1443877514 | 2015 | 195 pages | PDF | 651 KB
Historia is a series of interlocked observations on the nature of temporality, the human practice of writing its history, and the histories all things accumulate around themselves, as does the author even while discoursing on historia. A number of examples of history writing are provided which support the arguments of the text: five books of history ‘about America and the Americas,’ and some examples from archeological reconstruction, from historical drumming in West Africa, and from the history of a painting by Albrecht Duerer. The book does not reach a conclusion – does not define historia – but views the term from many angles, and will refresh the reader’s sense of what the historical is. And what is it? It is the dimension in which the present takes on cargo and weight. While it is true that the past is instantly devoured by the present, it is also true that the past pervades the present – while being devoured by it. Of course when I switch on the light Edison switches it for me. And it is not just TE. It is industry, commerce, and the electrician around the corner. I can do nothing effectual without the past, but the past has no meaning except through me. Historia rings many changes on this obvious, but endlessly instructive, idea.

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Historia Profiles of the Historical Impulse


Free Download Frederic Will, "Historia: Profiles of the Historical Impulse "
English | ISBN: 1443877514 | 2015 | 195 pages | PDF | 651 KB
Historia is a series of interlocked observations on the nature of temporality, the human practice of writing its history, and the histories all things accumulate around themselves, as does the author even while discoursing on historia. A number of examples of history writing are provided which support the arguments of the text: five books of history ‘about America and the Americas,’ and some examples from archeological reconstruction, from historical drumming in West Africa, and from the history of a painting by Albrecht Duerer. The book does not reach a conclusion – does not define historia – but views the term from many angles, and will refresh the reader’s sense of what the historical is. And what is it? It is the dimension in which the present takes on cargo and weight. While it is true that the past is instantly devoured by the present, it is also true that the past pervades the present – while being devoured by it. Of course when I switch on the light Edison switches it for me. And it is not just TE. It is industry, commerce, and the electrician around the corner. I can do nothing effectual without the past, but the past has no meaning except through me. Historia rings many changes on this obvious, but endlessly instructive, idea.

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Carrero Blanco Historia y memoria


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Español | 25 septiembre 2023 | ISBN: 8413528089 | True EPUB | 240 páginas | 4.4 MB
El almirante Luis Carrero Blanco fue más que el hombre de confianza de Franco: era un estratega, el responsable de todas las decisiones que permitieron la insólita longevidad de la dictadura. Suyos fueron, por ejemplo, los contactos iniciales con los norteamericanos y el Vaticano que pondrían fin al aislamiento internacional de España, la designación del príncipe Juan Carlos de Borbón como sucesor, el paso a un modelo capitalista conducido por los tecnócratas del Opus Dei o la Ley Orgánica del Estado de 1967, que pretendió afianzar la perdurabilidad del régimen.

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Historia de la guerra


Free Download Geoffrey Parker, José Luis Gil Aristu, "Historia de la guerra"
Spanish | 2010 | pages: 546 | ISBN: 8446025604 | PDF | 3,8 mb
Las naciones occidentales -encabezadas por Estados Unidos- disfrutan en la actualidad de una considerable ventaja en casi todos los enfrentamientos militares. ¿Cómo ha llegado a alcanzar tal predominio la práctica occidental de la guerra? El presente libro, escrito por un equipo de siete distinguidos historiadores militares, ofrece una respuesta que parte de los orígenes en la Grecia y la Roma clásicas, recorre la Edad Media (cuando los enemigos de Occidente estuvieron a punto de triunfar) y la Edad Moderna (cuando Occidente utilizó la fuerza militar para adueñarse de extensos territorios que nunca había poseído, primero en América y Siberia y, luego, en las costas de Asia y África), y llega hasta las guerras mundiales y los conflictos actuales. En él se ponen de relieve cinco aspectos esenciales de la práctica occidental de la guerra: una combinación de técnica, disciplina y tradición militar agresiva, más una extraordinaria capacidad para responder con rapidez a los retos y servirse de recursos económicos, más que humanos, para triunfar. Aunque, a lo largo de sus páginas, la obra centra su atención en Occidente y en la función de la violencia en su auge, cada uno de los capítulos examina también la eficacia militar de sus adversarios y los ámbitos en que la ventaja militar occidental ha sido -y sigue siendo- puesta en entredicho.

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